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Quite an untidy town with very little to commend it to the visitor, few if any good stores or scenic points. Also, another minus point are the many dogs, even in the town centre, that make a terrible noise at night with their barking . . . more like you'd expect in a country village rather than a built-up town. Apart from the Aura Res where we stayed and a very helpful tuk-tuk driver, there is nothing for us to commend, here, during this necessary annual visit.

For me was a great experience. and we meet very nice people.you need to try Beer Lao is very good and I was surprise it's very cheap same for restaurants.For our stay the weather was perfect and very nice breeze excellent to recharge you batteries. For foreigners I highly recommend you to visit Dolly's caffe owned by Mr.Michael from England and you need try his very tasty food. And another place which I like it too much was Cafe Lao excellent service from the girls they were more than polite and very good local food and coffee. I will return some day again for sure.Thank you Savannakhet and everyone that we meet there.

This is a quaint town with lots of hidden gems. The French architecture is beautiful. Everyone is very helpful and polite. There are plenty of cafes and places to eat. Not much shopping though. I am a black woman traveling solo and I felt very safe.

There's not much to do here, most people go for their visas. Good food at Pilgrim, Khunthabulee, Aura and especially Macchiato De Coffee. Unfortunately the old French part of town was about 3km from where we were staying and when we got there on Lao National Day just about everything was closed. Samlaw motorbike taxis are everywhere and are reasonably priced. We got one to the old town. He waited while we dined and then took us back to the hotel. 200 Thai baht all in. I reckon that's great. Minibus at the airport can rip you off. Normal price to town is 75 baht per person. If they try it on, walk away. They'll either chase you offering you a better price or let you get in another vehicle.

If you aren't planning to use local tuk-tuks find a place that is located in the city center, in a walkable distance from all attractions/your destination. Lack of public transportation is one of the major disadvantages. Haven't much time to explore but also haven't seen anything worth remembering.

The food is good in the area but pathments are very bad for walking on only walk in daylight avoid night time walking all food seem to be around one sort of area the Thai consulate is easy to find but the staff are very unhelpful aviod this visa office very picky staff there is not much to do really in savannakhet apart from visa but hard to get tourist visa there now forget it I would only come here for visa runs people freindly.